Respiratory Care

The faculty of the Columbus State Community College Respiratory
Care Program support the mission and goals of the College to provide quality
educational programs to enhance the educational and employment opportunities
for learners.

The faculty views a quality program as one which is learner
centered, focuses on success, provides a strong link between the educational
program and the employment community, and provides learners with the
knowledge and skills necessary for employment using practitioner faculty and
experiential curricula.

The faculty view linkage of the educational program to the
employment community as essential for success. The employment
community provides “real world” guidance that assures that the program
instruction is current, helps identify trends in health care, and are the
final evaluators of program outcomes.

Program Outcomes Data from the 2011 Annual Report of Current Status is available on
the CoARC website. Follow this link directly to the Programmatic Outcomes Data page:
http://www.coarc.com/47.html.

Graduates are eligible to sit for the Certification Examination for Entry Level Respiratory
Therapists (CRT) and the Registry Examination for Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioners
(RRT) offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (www.nbrc.org).

Graduates are eligible to become licensed as a Respiratory Care Practitioner by the
Ohio Respiratory Care Board (http://www.state.oh.us/rsp/ ). Licensure from the Ohio Respiratory Care Board is required for employment in Ohio.